Engineering and Physics partner in this exciting class that would make Sir Isaac Newton proud. Students
will use teamwork, mathematics, simple machines, and critical thinking skills to explore Newton’s Laws of
Inertia.
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FORENSICS (1½ HOURS)
Located in our new Forensics Lab, students will enter the room, don lab coats and goggles, and discover
the exciting world of Forensics Science. Chemistry, toxicology, chromatography, technology and DNA
identification are tools used by crime scene investigators as well as our budding scientists. Students will
work in stations and work together to solve a “crime”.
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THERMODYNAMICS (1½ HOURS)
The Law of Conservation of Energy will be a “hot” topic in this class about heat energy. Heat transfer, metal
expansion and the calculation of specific heat for different metals are all explored through direct student
participation. What materials are good conductors of heat? Find out at the Science Center’s physical
science lab.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
MATERIALS AND LINKS
NEWTON’S PARK (1½ HOURS)
Engineering and Physics partner in this exciting class that would make Sir Isaac Newton proud. Studentswill use teamwork, mathematics, simple machines, and critical thinking skills to explore Newton’s Laws of
Inertia.
SC.6.P.11.1—SC.6.P.12.1—SC.6.P.13.1—SC.6.P.13.2—SC.6.P.13.3
FORENSICS (1½ HOURS)
Located in our new Forensics Lab, students will enter the room, don lab coats and goggles, and discoverthe exciting world of Forensics Science. Chemistry, toxicology, chromatography, technology and DNA
identification are tools used by crime scene investigators as well as our budding scientists. Students will
work in stations and work together to solve a “crime”.
SC.8.N.1.6—SC.8.P.8.8—SC.8.P.8.9
THERMODYNAMICS (1½ HOURS)
The Law of Conservation of Energy will be a “hot” topic in this class about heat energy. Heat transfer, metalexpansion and the calculation of specific heat for different metals are all explored through direct student
participation. What materials are good conductors of heat? Find out at the Science Center’s physical
science lab.
SC.8.P.8.4—SC.7.P.11.1—SC.7.P.11.2—SC.7.P.11.3—SC.7.P.11.4